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| - I came here today thinking about getting a Betta fish and a small aquarium with filter ( a gentle filter, for strong filters overpower our sweet Betta friend). The betta all (all of them!) had shredded tails and were very sad looking. Three or four of the little containers were filled with big green slimy masses, which I took for dead bettas that had been overtaken with fungi?? Of course, the tale of a betta is a sad tale, kept as they are by pet stores in those tiny little plastic cups - that alone is criminal. But I thought to myself, "Hey, here are these little poor betta fish in pet stores and I'm in a position to give one of them a much better home/life." I read up on them ahead of time so I wouldn't be making an impulse purchase and so that I could create a nice habitat for my new little friend. One of the things I read was "beware the shredded tail" because it indicates an unhealthy fish. So, prepared with this knowledge and more, I walk into this particular PetSmart, only to see a bunch of lethargic lonely betta, all of whom have sad little shredded tails. Honestly, it made me decide against getting one at all. I just can't support the betta fish industry. It made me think of the movie The Cove, except on a much smaller scale. Poor little betta fish...
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